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Local Leaders React To Formal Approval For Wampanoag Tribehttp://wbsm.com/local-leaders-react-to-formal-approval-for-wampanoag-tribe/
http://wbsm.com/local-leaders-react-to-formal-approval-for-wampanoag-tribe/#commentsMon, 11 Jan 2016 18:40:11 +0000http://wbsm.com/local-leaders-react-to-formal-approval-for-wampanoag-tribe/Continue reading…]]>The news on Friday that the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe had their Land-In-Trust application formally approved came the same day that Bristol Community College formally announced that they would be opening a satellite campus inside the Silver City Galleria.

]]>http://wbsm.com/local-leaders-react-to-formal-approval-for-wampanoag-tribe/feed/0Artistic rendition of the proposed First Light Casino | Mashpee Wampanoag TribeFeds Takes Tribal Lands In Mashpee And Taunton In Trusthttp://wbsm.com/feds-takes-tribal-lands-in-mashpee-and-taunton-in-trust/
http://wbsm.com/feds-takes-tribal-lands-in-mashpee-and-taunton-in-trust/#commentsFri, 13 Nov 2015 02:03:28 +0000http://wbsm.com/?p=243670Continue reading…]]>(Associated Press) - The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe says the federal government has taken ownership of tribal lands in Mashpee and Taunton and placed the properties into trust for the tribe's benefit...

Mayor Thomas Hoye said the city would see at least $8 million annually from casino revenues and have the casino operator subsidize dozens of new police and firefighter jobs, not to mention provide thousands of local jobs in a once bustling manufacturing center...

]]>http://wbsm.com/taunton-and-tribal-officials-celebrate-land-in-trust-decision/feed/0Photo courtesy of Regan CommunicationsMashpee Wampanoag Tribe Moving Ahead With Plans For Taunton Resort Casinohttp://wbsm.com/mashpee-wampanoag-tribe-moving-ahead-with-plans-for-taunton-resort-casino/
http://wbsm.com/mashpee-wampanoag-tribe-moving-ahead-with-plans-for-taunton-resort-casino/#commentsSat, 19 Sep 2015 21:31:50 +0000http://wbsm.com/?p=238337Continue reading…]]>The federal government's decision to grant the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe over 300 acres of land in trust Friday greatly changed the climate for the final bid for a commercial casino license in the southeast region of the state.

]]>http://wbsm.com/mashpee-wampanoag-tribe-moving-ahead-with-plans-for-taunton-resort-casino/feed/0Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell celebrates the decision by the federal government to grant his tribe with over 300 acres of land into trust. | Greg Desrosiers/TSMMashpee Wampanoags Win Land In Trust For Taunton Casinohttp://wbsm.com/mashpee-wampanoags-win-land-in-trust-for-taunton-casino/
http://wbsm.com/mashpee-wampanoags-win-land-in-trust-for-taunton-casino/#commentsFri, 18 Sep 2015 22:33:49 +0000http://wbsm.com/?p=238295Continue reading…]]>The federal government has committed to acquiring over 300 acres of land into trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, a critical step as the tribe seeks to build a resort casino.

The surprise late Friday approval marks the first lands federally designated for the Cape Cod-based tribe whose ancestors encountered the Pilgrims nearly four centuries ago...

The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe has gotten a green light to pursue a casino in Massachusetts after the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs opted to take no action to block a revised casino compact with the state.
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